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In logic, mathematics, computer science, and linguistics, a formal language is a set of strings whose symbols are taken from a set called "alphabet".
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal language | is a | set of strings whose symbols are taken from a set called | 0.90 | text |
| a regular grammar or context-free grammar.In computer science | instance of | A formal language is often defined by means of a formal grammar | 0.80 | text |
| formal languages are used | instance of | A formal language is often defined by means of a formal grammar | 0.80 | text |
| among others | instance of | A formal language is often defined by means of a formal grammar | 0.80 | text |
| as the basis for defining the grammars of programming languages | instance of | A formal language is often defined by means of a formal grammar | 0.80 | text |
| controlled natural languages | instance of | A formal language is often defined by means of a formal grammar | 0.80 | text |
| ASCII or Unicode.A word over an alphabet can be any finite sequence | instance of | or more generally any finite character encoding | 0.80 | text |
| Formal language | related to Constructions | For | 0.60 | section |
| Formal language | related to Constructions | The | 0.60 | section |
| Formal language | related to Constructions | However | 0.60 | section |
| Formal language | related to Constructions | Therefore | 0.60 | section |
| Formal language | related to Constructions | Here | 0.60 | section |
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